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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Dragan?
(a) 58.
(b) 52.
(c) 71.
(d) 64.

2. From what location does a sniper take a shot at Arrow, but leave the cellist unharmed?
(a) The museum.
(b) The library.
(c) The church.
(d) Arrow's decoy room.

3. What number does Dragan reach when he counts out the seconds until the hatless man is shot dead?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

4. What term does Kenan apply to Mrs. Ristovski when he thinks about her in Chapter Three?
(a) Nymph.
(b) Sprite.
(c) Goblin.
(d) Ghost.

5. When Arrow's final section of Chapter Two opens, it has almost reached what time of the morning?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

6. What does Dragan do when he decides he does not want the cameraman to take photographs of a particular character's body?
(a) He breaks the camera.
(b) He drags that person's body out of sight.
(c) He threatens the cameraman.
(d) He shoves the cameraman.

7. In the aftermath of being shot, Emina regrets being unable to see the cellist play that afternoon at what time?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

8. When Kenan decides to use the crowd at the brewery to trick himself into thinking he is at a public gathering, what type does he imagine?
(a) A bake sale.
(b) A carnival.
(c) An outdoor market.
(d) A concert.

9. Against what type of object does Dragan sit after Emina is taken to the hospital?
(a) A fire hydrant.
(b) A boxcar.
(c) A dumpster.
(d) A concrete wall.

10. With what type of currency is Ismet paid for his work as a soldier in the army defending Sarajevo from the men on the hills?
(a) Food.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Money.
(d) Gems.

11. Arrow thinks about the death of her neighbor Slavko, who died as a result of what type of event?
(a) A round of shelling.
(b) A drowning.
(c) Sniper fire.
(d) A bomb.

12. How many shells fall in total while Kenan is at the brewery?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

13. When Emina decides to cross the street and Dragan stays behind, in what part of her body does she sustain a gunshot wound?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her foot.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her leg.

14. What literary device is Galloway utilizing when he writes that Kenan reaches a level of resignation not unlike that of Atlas?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

15. To whom does Arrow attribute responsibility for Filipovic's violent death?
(a) The cellist.
(b) His own military.
(c) Herself.
(d) The men on the hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Arrow awakens to the sound of boots on the stairs outside her apartment, she is taken to "what's left of" which "building" (194)?

2. What color is the brewery building?

3. Kenan becomes furious in Chapter Three when he realizes the true fate of which appliance he had sold very cheaply?

4. Kenan recalls that on the night of a large structure fire at the library, he ran toward the fire for what reason.

5. Dragan has learned to wash his entire body with what amount of water?

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